What is the current state of the law in Canada on the distinction between Canadian citizens and non-citizens?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Forward and Forward v. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, 2008 CHRT 5 (CanLII):
The jurisprudence also indicates that citizenship confers a special, political status on a person that not only incorporates rights and duties but serves a highly symbolic function. The distinction between citizens and non-citizens is recognized in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. See Law Society of British Columbia v. Andrews 1989 CanLII 2 (SCC), [1989] 1 S.C.R. 143; Canada v. Chiarelli, 1992 CanLII 87 (SCC), [1992] 1 S.C.R. 711.
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